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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HISTORIC BOULDER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$325,467
Total expenses
$146,493
Contributions and grants received
$247,644
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$48,691
Investment income
$27,092
Other revenue
$2,040
Total assets, end of year
$1,157,530
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,455
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,152,075
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$116,137
Management and general expenses
$21,368
Fundraising expenses
$8,988
Program service expenses (Part III)
$116,137

Program services were 79.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $18,043

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $8,305

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $26,189

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $195,107

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $931

  • 2a · Program service revenue: HISTORIC TOURS AND HIKES

    total $48,691 · related or exempt $48,691

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $27,092 · excluded $27,092

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $6,520

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $8,305

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $4,720

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $1,800 · excluded $1,800

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $240

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $240 · excluded $240

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $79,640 · program services $66,637 · management and general $7,477 · fundraising $5,526

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,570 · program services $2,730 · management and general $3,840

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $850 · management and general $850

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,087 · fundraising $1,087

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,700 · program services $9,543 · management and general $2,782 · fundraising $2,375

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,530 · program services $1,664 · management and general $2,866

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,548 · management and general $1,548

  • 17 · Travel

    total $28 · program services $28

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $620 · program services $620

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,063 · program services $1,578 · management and general $1,485

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EVENTS

    total $26,708 · program services $26,708

  • 24b · Other expenses: HIGHLAND CLUB MEMBERSHIP

    total $4,200 · program services $4,200

  • 24c · Other expenses: GIFTS AND AWARDS

    total $1,637 · program services $1,637

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $894 · program services $374 · management and general $520

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $418 · program services $418

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $46,599 · end of year $282,794

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $868

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $9,931

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,997

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $786,779 · end of year $850,500

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $12,243 · end of year $13,437

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $366 · end of year $5,455

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $25

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $847,227 · end of year $1,152,075

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

HISTORIC BOULDER FOSTERS THE SPIRIT AND PROMOTES THE BENEFITS OF PRESERVATION THROUGH EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, REHABILITATION AND CELEBRATION.

  • EDUCATION OUTREACH: HISTORIC BOULDER PRODUCED 33 EDUCATIONAL EVENTS HIGHLIGHTING THE VALUE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE PRODUCED LIVE ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY TOURS AT NCAR, MID-CENTURY MODERN HOMES, PEARL STREET, "LITTLE RECTANGLE" (HISTORIC BLACK OWNED HOMES), AND AN ART & ARCHITECTURE TOUR IN A PRIVATE HOME. LECTURES AND PANELS INCLUDED: CREATING HISTORIC DISTRICTS, STREET NAMES OF BOULDER, IMPACT OF THE FEDERAL LABS ON BOULDER, FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED AND EARLY CITY IMPROVERS, CENTRAL PARK LANDMARKS, AND MODERN ARCHITECTURE. THESE WERE PRESENTED AT THE ROTARY CLUB, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, HARVARD GSD REUNION, FRASIER SENIOR LIVING, ACADEMY SENIOR LIVING, AND THE MUSEUM OF BOULDER. OUR HISTORY HIKES HIGHLIGHTED HISTORIC STRUCTURES ON OPEN SPACE.

    Expenses $45,275 · Revenue $6,096

  • OUR SIGNATURE EVENTS, MEET THE SPIRITS IN OCTOBER AND HOMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS IN DECEMBER, HAVE BECOME BELOVED COMMUNITY TRADITIONS, DRAWING NEARLY 1,600 ATTENDEES BETWEEN THEM. AT MEET THE SPIRITS, 37 SPIRIT ACTORS IN PERIOD COSTUMES PRESENTED BIOGRAPHICAL MONOLOGUES AT THE COLUMBIA CEMETERY, BRINGING THE HISTORY OF BOULDER ALIVE. THE EVENT RAISED OVER 5,200 FOR PRESERVATION WORK IN THE CEMETERY. OUR 38TH ANNUAL "HOMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS" TOUR HIGHLIGHTED FIVE HISTORIC HOMES IN THE UNIVERSITY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD. THE HOUSES SHOWCASED A VARIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL STYLES AND HISTORIES, INCLUDING FOUR HOMES IN THE 'UNIVERSITY PLACE' HISTORIC DISTRICT.

    Expenses $38,122 · Revenue $39,579

  • PRESERVATION ADVOCACY: HISTORIC BOULDERS PRESERVATION ADVOCACY FOR BOULDERS CENTRAL PARK WAS IN HIGH GEAR IN 2024 AS WE ORGANIZED A 150-YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE PARK AND FOUR PROGRAMS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MUSEUM OF BOULDER INCLUDING TWO FOCUSED ON THE HISTORY OF PEOPLE DISPLACED BY THE PARK. WE DEVELOPED PROGRAMS AND PARTICIPATED IN COLORADO PRESERVATION INC. STATEWIDE CONFERENCE, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY WIDE SQUARE NAIL AWARDS. WE REGULARLY TESTIFIED BEFORE THE LANDMARKS BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL. FINALLY, WE SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED TO THE STATE HISTORICAL FUND FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THE FAADE OF THE BOULDER THEATER, WHICH PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED IN 2025.

    Expenses $32,740 · Revenue $3,016

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Leonard Segel

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $42,120
    From this org
    $42,120
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Melanie Julian Muckle

    ADMINISTRATO

    Total calculated
    $37,520
    From this org
    $37,520
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Patrick O'Rourke

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Steve Wallace

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Kathy Buergert

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Trudy Gannon

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Robert Muckle

    PAST PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kathryn Howes Barth

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Susan Morea

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Michael Kercheval

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Francine Mandel Sheets

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Kim Dunning

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • James Lindberg

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tim Plass

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ryker Stark

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Laurie Friedeman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cheryl Gray

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mary Ellis

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Linda Haertling

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202523219349307737

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